Diversity in Medicine: Race

Welcome! This guide shares resources about Race & Racism for the medical field. It provides information specific to healthcare, as well as general background resources to understand Race & Racism as a whole within society. 

• Racism is 

1. a belief that race is a fundamental determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race. 
2. the systematic oppression of a racial group to the social, economic, and political advantage of another
3. a political or social system founded on racism and designed to execute its principles. 

(source: Merriam-Webster)

• Misogynoir is misogyny (=hatred of women) directed towards black women. (Cambridge Dictionary) 

Source | University of Cambridge